Commencement program

Massasoit Community College

Commencement Exercises

Friday , June 8th> 1984

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Order Of Exercises

Orchestral Prelude . Massasoit Community College

Senior Orchestra
Josiah Baker, Conductor

* Processional

* "America, The Beautiful" O. Patricia Manfredi

College Vocalist

* Invocation Reverend Monsignor John Connor

Our Lady Of Lourdes Church, Brockton

Welcome Dr. Gerard F. Burke

President of the College

Greetings from the Board of Trustees James J. Slattery

Chairman, Massasoit Community College' Board of Trustees

Commencement Address His Excellency, Michael S. Dukakis

Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Charge to the College James J. Slattery

Chairman, Massasoit Community College Board of Trustees

Presentation of Candidates for Graduation Dr. James P. Yess

Dean of Academic Affairs

Conferral of Degrees and Certificates Dr. Gerard F. Burke

President of the College

Message to the Graduates Kevin M. Riley

President, Student Senate

Representing the Class of 1984 . . . ... . . . Sharon E. Waldron

Secretary, Student Senate

Greetings from the Alumni Robert A. Sanborn

President, Massasoit Community College Alumni Association

* Benediction Reverend Monsignor John Connor

Our Lady Of Lourdes Church, Brockton

* Recessional

President's Reception Student Union

ORDER OF PROCESSION

Grand Marshal Dean Marguerite A. Donovan

Graduate Marshals Sharon E. Waldron, Secretary, Student Senate

Mary F. Core, Student Senator
Kevin P. Flaherty, Student Senator

Frances K. Howe, Student Senator
Susan L. Kafka, Student Senator

Faculty Marshal Professor Harold M. Gay

President, Academic Senate

Platform Marshal Dr. James P. Yess

Dean of Academic Affairs

* The audience is requested to stand.

CANDIDA TES FOR DEGREES

Members

of the

Massasoit Community College

Student Senate

++ Sharon, E. Waldron, Secretary, Student Senate

B us in ess A dm in is tra tio n

+ Mary Frances Core, Senator

Nursing Education
+ Kevin P. Flaherty, Senator
Liberal Arts

++ Frances Howe, Senator

Nursing Education
++ Susan Lynne Kafka, Senator
Liberal Arts

Associate Of Arts

Liberal Arts

-+ Marie DiCara

+ Rebecca Joan Dickson

Carolyn Frances Feeney
+ Matthew Robert Linden
+ Grace Mann

Paul J. McShane

+ Stephen Pegnam
Thomas Paul Rumbel

+ Amy Teresa Smith
Ellen F. Spivack
Diane Marie West

Associate In Science

Business Administration

Arthur J. Adams

Mark R. Adams
+ James C. Aftosmes
+ Theresa M. Ahern
+ Rudy Alterio, Jr.

Denise Ruth Alves
++ Jeffrey Scott Anderson
+ Jesus A. Andion

George J. Anooshian
+ Philip L. Angileri
+ Anthony Eugene Arena
++ Cynthia Jean Arabasz

Robert S. Austin

Katherine Marie Ayala
+ Denise N. Baker

Michael Patrick Baker
++ Elizabeth Rose Barlow

++ Arthur M. Barnes
Joanne Marie Barrett
Kenneth W. Bartell

+ Diane D. Bassett
Robert James Beal

+ David Franklin Belcher
Simone Wynne Bell

+ Margaret R. Belle
Cynthia Benjamin

+ Ann Marie Benoit
Michel John Berardi
++ Philip Wayne Blahut
Michelle Ann Blair

+ Ellamae Blake

+ William M. Blakeman
Donna J. Blomstrom
Michael C. Bonia

+ Honors
++ High Honors
+++ Highest Honors

++ Mark A. Boone
+ Karen Marie Boucher

Gina Marie Branting
+ Maxine Gayle Bressler

Charles G. Brown, Jr.

Carol A. Brunetti
++ Walter Burt
++ Alton Campbell

Doris A. Campbell

Craig A. Casano
+ Gregory Joseph Castano

John P. Chaves

Steven J. Churchill
+ Anthon Cina
+ Robin Ellen Comeau

Kathleen B. Connolly

Charles A. Correia
++ Judy Ann Cossaboom

Timothy Joseph Cox
+ Kathleen L. Craig-Silvia
+++ Karen M. Cronin

Wayne E. Crowley
+ Richard Michael Cudworth

Maura Louise Cullinane

Patrick R. Curley

Corinne Marie Dacey

Steve W. Dalessio
+ Julie Ann Damon

Leslie Ann Dasha
+ Nick Charles Davies

Mona L. DeAngelo
+ Alan DeBruyn

BettyAnn DeGrace

Walter Henry Delashmutt

Richard Francis Delbou

Anthony George Del Rosso
++ John Francis Dennis
++ Donald Chester Dentch
++ Thomas B. Dermody
+ Andrea Marie De Sario

Deborah Ann Desmond

Michael A. De Stoop

Jeffrey M. Devine
+++ Virginia M. DiSabatino
+ Alison M. Doucette
++ Ruth Doyle

John Edward Drolette
+ Patricia Elaine Anthony Dunlevy

Irene K. Dunn

Laura Marie Ehlers

Stephen L. Ekstrom

Michael Ellingston

+ Richard H. Elliott
++ Michael Timothy Emmons
+++ Carolyn P. Fagone

Linda Ann Feibel
+ Patricia Marie Finn
++ Janet E. Fisher

John Michael Flett

Jorge Theresin Flores
+ Timothy J. Fontaine
++ Glenn R. Ford
+ Lorraine Barbara Ford

Diane R. Foster
+ Lalaine Terri Fowler
+ Cathryn Marie Frazer

Suzanne E. Freeman

Juan Carlos Fuentes

Ellen M. Galvin

Ronald Steven Gans
+ Barry Garf inkle

James Joseph Gasdia

Daniel Robert Gavin
+++ Martha H. Gill
++ Charles E. Gilson

Liltana Giron Gomez

John A. Golding

Ann Roberta Goulston
+ Donna Marie Grace
+ Jon F. Graham
++ Stephen P. Griffin
++ Robin Marie Griswold

Kevin Gullbrants
+ Robert Alan Hadley

Louise Hagopian

Susan Jean Haigh
+ Monica M. Hanley

Sandra L. Hannon
++ Linda Anne Harlfinger

Elsie L. Harris
+ Sylvia Louise Harris
+ Raymond Hashem

Dawn Marie Haye
+ Dianne Marie Hayes
+ Linda Jean Hayes

Richard F. Holbrook
+ George Robert Holmes

Wayne Joseph Horton
+ Stephen Douglas Hunt
+ Eleanor M. Hunter
+ Sherry Hyldburg
+ Debra Lyn Ibbitson

Pamela Inglis

Steven John Jacobucci

+ Honors
++ High Honors
+++ Highest Honors

++ James D. Jezard
+ Howard F. Johnson
+++ Mary E. Johnson

Jeffrey M. Kasica

Barbara M. Kaszanek

Nancy Gail Katz
++ Kevin Paul Kearns

+ Blake Darren Keefe
++ Lee Anne Kegel

Karen Anne Kelley
+ Cheryl Ann Kellogg

Linda Kennedy

Robert Hugh Kerr

Kevin Michael Kershaw

Michael William King

Shelley Lyn Kruskall

Deborah Ann Krusz

Michael Kurey, Jr.

Gregg C. Lafarge
++ Karen Landers
+++ William F. Landry

William Nils Larson
+ Misael Peter LeClair

Carolyn Joan Lee
+ Heinz Georg Lehmann
+ Kathleen A. Lemon

Ellen M. Lennon

Laurie Ann Leonard

Edward Philip Lewis, Jr.

Harold Monroe Lewis

Mary Loftus Lewis

Stephen M. Lipinski

Evelyn A. Little
+ Richard Lowry, Jr.
+ Eleanor A. Lucier

Gregory Stephen MacCormack

Martha MacDonald

David F. Maclnnis
+ Linda C. Macomber
+ Donna S. Macray
++ Joseph A. Mahoney

Michael Patrick Manning

Theresa Ann Matthews

Patricia Louise Mattos
++ Norman Matulsky

Brian J. McAuley
+++ Linda Helen McAuley

Mary Ellen McAuliffe

Edward George McCann III

Ellen Marie McCarthy
++ Donna Marie McConville

Helen Patricia McCoy
Michele A. McDade

+ Jody Ann McDonnell
++ Ruth P. McGlynn

+ Timothy James McGonagle

+ Denise B. McKee

+ Anne Elizabeth McLaughlin
Judith Ann McLaughlin
++ JoAnne McMorrow
Joseph P. McSharry
Dawn Marie Mendoza
++ Elise Michelson
+++ Denise Louise Minardi
Lino F. Monteiro

+ Vera Lynn Moran

Roderick Donald Morrison
Gina Marie Murray

+ Suzanne Christine Murray
Kevin T. Nangle
Michael A. Nardozzi
++ George R. Nelson

+ Linda Williams Nicholson

+ Suzanne L. Nickerson

+ John M. Nitenson

Jacqueline* Connel O'Brien
Michael Cronelious O'Brien

+ Beth Marie O'Connor

+ Peter James Oldrid
Robert Andrew Oliva
Christine O'Neil
Joseph F. Orlando
Linda Ann Pacheco
Scott Michael Pachucki
Stefanie C. Panek
William Clifford Paulding

+ Robert L. Pawlowski

+ Stephen E. Peacock

+ Timothy Peterson
Robert Louis Petrella
++ John Arthur Petzoldt

+ James Daniel Pflaumer
Maximilian Piscitelli
Mark Robert Pizzelli

+ Kathleen Plumb
Jay S. Poh
Maryanne Procaccini

+ James Francis Pulsifer

+ Ralph W. Quigley
Gary W. Reid
Bruce Malcolm Robertson
Mary Ann Ronaghan

+ Honors
++ High Honors
+++ Highest Honors

+ Michael Anthony Rose
David Rossman
Carolyn B. Russo
Louis Russo
++ Joanne T. Sanders
+ Joanne Marie Sandonato

Brian J. Santos
+ John B. Santos

Kimberly Ann Savino
Francis X. Schneider
Ava Cindy Schrottman
++ Deborah Anne Scibetta
++ Nancy Shea
++ James L. Sheehan

Roslyn Silva
++ Michael Stephen Silvia
+ William Walter Sims

Donald Cameron Sinclair
+ Ellen Terese Slowey
++ Myrna A. Smith
++ Victoria Lyn Sommers
+ Elsie Helen Soule
+ Brian J. Spears
Debra J. Spink
+++ Deborah Marie Springhetti
Donna-Marie^ Stark
+ Michael Leo St. Jean
Eric R. Striemer
Kelli-jean Sullivan
Kelly Ann Sullivan
+ Jacqueline M. Surette

+

+
+++

+

++
++

++

+
++

+

+-H-

+

++

++

+

MarK R. Tanner
Robert Michael Tarantino
Arthur Raymond Tebou
David Teixeira
Josephine Teixeira
Connie J. Tevis
Barbara A. Thompson
Gerard F. Thornton
James Frencia Tierney
Judith C. Tofuri
Peter John Tolan
Ngoc My Tran
John P. Trunfio
Richard Randall Turner
John Anthony Tutty
Elizabeth R. Viirre
Susan Mary Wathins
Howard Lee Watson
Joseph Patrick Welch
Kathleen Marie Wentzell
Raymond D. Werman
Joseph Patrick Whalen
Douglas A. Whitmarsh
Debra E. Wiggins
Jane Marie Wilbur
David Ernest Wohler
Charles Paine Woodward, III
Theresa Sharon Young
Thomas Wayne Young
Phyllis S. Zeidman
Sandra Beth Zeitsiff

Culinary Arts

Michael Jay Cutler
+ Denice Marie MacNeill

Charles H. Tartaglia

Data Processing

++ Evelyn D. Belsky

++ Joanna Kay Bond

+ Kathleen A. Boyle

+ Thomas F. Coots

++ Cid J. Correia

++ Jack Humberto Correia

+ Catherine' Daly

+ Janet K. Daniels

+++ Richard W. DiVicenzo
Anne Marie Doherty

Anita Faye Dunn
+ Stephen ,T. Ehrhardt
++ Elizabeth Gardner
+ Marita I. Hansen
Daniel Robert Hart
++ Virginia Anne Hoyt
+++ Dorothy M. Joyce
+ Christine M. Kimball
++ Karen N. Marcotte
++ Michael J. Mari

+ Honors
++ High Honors
+++ Highest Honors

+++ Ellen Marie Melchionne
++ Jean L. Merianos

Jeffrey Scott Nickerson
Susan E. Passanisi
+ James Anthony Perry
++ Gudrun K. Peterson-Allen
Deborah A. Pigeon
+ Thomas K. Pink
Djoko Purnomo
Daniel Paul Quinn

+++ Kristin Keeler Redpath
+++ Joan L. Seydler

William E. Shaw, Jr.
Ricardo Vincent Silva
+ Mark David Stoddard
+++ Ellen Strachan
++ Darlene Marie Tarbox
+ Laurence Anthony Welch
Maureen Theresa Whalen
Christy Lynn Zedik

Dental Laboratory Technology

Jayne E. Buonagurio
+ David M. Burke
+ Thomas E. Pendleton

++ Dianne Marie Smith
Lori Jean Walsh

Engineering

Riad E. Abourjaily
+ Joel James Andrews
++ Gordon Alfred Bates
+++ Peter M. Belanger
Peter Berkowitz
++ Jeffrey A. Boss
Russell D. Burke
+ Jeffrey Alan Caseau
Richard F. Clifford
William D. Corliss
+ Kevin James Costantino
Francis Wright Cronin, Jr.
++ Andrea Lee Danahy
Kenneth John DiGravio
Ronald James Ecker
+ Paul Anthony Emmett
Michael F. Flattery
Eddie Joseph Freitas
John F. Gallant
William Joseph Goggin
++ William J. Griffin
++ Glenn J. Guillemette
Mark Edward Hayes
Barbara Ann Hennessey
Robert Wayne Henrikson
Robert J. Keating
+ Jacqueline Anne Kessell
+ Mahmood Khorshidianzadeh

Robert M. Magner

Joseph Mann
+ Michael Frank Meyers
+ Gerald H. Miles

Lauren M. Miller

Robert Alan Murray
+ Thomas John O'Neil

Khanh Cong Pham

Lawrence Raymond Phelps
+ Rene Lucien Plante
++ Mark Edward Postin
+++ Edward Charles Prive

Brian J. Riley
+ James A. Rotondo

John Francis Royle
+ Joseph A. Ryan
+ Walter J. Sears

Walter Sikora
+++ Theresa A. Smedstad
+ Michael Rene Snay

Howard Michael Snyder
++ Timothy William Spillane

Paul E. Sullivan
++ Don Alexander Swanson

Tuan Anh Tran

Gwenna R. Whippen

John Ternullo

+ honors
++ High Honors
+++ Highest Honors

Executive Secretarial

Mary-Beth Adams
Jean M. Balboni
Joyce Louise Balentine
Joanne T. Balukonis
++ Sara S. Benevento
Michelle K. Bernard

+ Lisa A. Biancuzzo

+ Katherine Mary Black
Denise M. Carey

+ Deborah A. Carpenito
Patricia F. Collins
Tina A. Carmody
Jenifer Jean Cragen
Pamela J. Cullinane
H-+ Louise Anne Duffy

+ Patricia Karen Duffy

+ Louise Ann Ellis
Jan E. Guillemette
Vicki Jean Hale
Debra Marie Halley

+ Lisa M. Harback
++ Marylee Carolyn Holbrook
Heidi Beth Jackson
Kimberley A. Jewers
Elizabeth A. Johnsky
Gretchen Sue Johnson
Rosanne Johnson
Maria Kallis

Andrea Jo Kaplan
Andrea M. Kennon

+ Diana Lee Kordas
+++ Cynthia Anne Lawcewicz

+ Linda Marlene LePage
Debra Jean Lundstedt
Janet Marie Lutz
Mary Elizabeth Maloney

+ Karen A. Martorano

+ Mary Frances McCarthy
Joyce A. McCormack
Joanne Marie Melfie
Linda Margaret Menz
++ Lisa Merrill

Laurie M. Morris
Maura Ann Murphy
++ Jean C. Nolan
++ Anne Louise Roan

+ Maura B. Rose
Joanne P. Slidkevich

+ Dorothy M. Smith

+ Janice Sullivan

+ Lynne Ann Sullivan
Heather Ann Timpany

+ Tina Michelle Whedbee

+ Lori Kim White
Maureen A. Yurkus
Marisa Jane Zarrella

Fire Science

++ Henry Martin Bosworth, Jr.
++ Charles W. Curran, Jr.
Kevin Robert Donovan
+ Edward Doucette, Jr.
■++ Thomas Charles Downey, Jr.

Raymond E. Favret, Jr.
++ Robert William Ferrisi
+ Kevin P. Griswold

++ John J. Howard

++ Martin James Jordan

+ Ghislain Joseph

+ George P. Kirk

++ Paul J. Schleicher

+++ Stephen R. Tucker

++ John Patrick Ward

Ruth W. Balch
+ David G. Conway
++ Claire L. Costello
++ Mary Clare Delaney
Deborah M. Delsie
David S. Dutra

Human Services

+ Patricia Joyce Eide
Lisa Yvette Gardner

+ Kelly A. Glavin

+ Brenda Loise Green
Marie A. Hurst

+ Kathleen Ann Johnson

+ Honors
++ High Honors
+++ Highest Honors

Donna Lee Jordan
+++ Nancy T. Joseph
+ Patricia A. Keefe
Hope Doreen Levine
Kathleen A. MacDonald
Amarill Virginia Nunes
+ Lauren M. Palkens

++ Marie A. Rosenhahn
+ Susan Caroline Rosenstiel

Yvonne I. Saunders
+ Phillip Arthur Sawyer
+ Rona Schartz

-++ Marilyn Joy Zedik

Law Enforcement

Michael H. Attardo
+ Michael O. Bonenfant

John Robert Bonner
+ James Joseph Bowen
+ Paul Joseph Brousseau
Thomas M. Cadigan
Andrew H. Cesarini
Roger William Dangora, Jr.
Dean Bryan Desley
Peter Michael DiMatteo
Mark Anthony Ferretti
Theresa A. Flaherty
++ Bruce Douglas Gates
Tracey-Marie P. Greene
Philip S. Horton
+ Erik Otto Huegel
Lee A. Kendrick
Eric Mark Lundberg
Cindy J. Madan
John W. Mesheau

James Thomas Murphy

Julie A. Nott
++ Edward T. O'Leary

Gretchen V. Panetsos

William George Pappas

John J. Pintz

Jon Mark Reed

Thomas R. Reske
++ Kevin M. Ripley
++ James Paul Rogers
+ Thomas J. Ross

Christopher S. Ryan

James John Saba
+ Maureen A. Schraut

Suzanne Elaine Shaw

Christopher J. Sheehan

Joseph L. Silva

James Anthony Victoria

Scott David Wilkins

Liberal Arts

Julie N. Arnold

Estella Anderson

Christine Anne Altieri
+ Pearl Jenni Alvarez

Lisa M. Allie

Robert A. Babcock, Jr.

Joan Marie Ballard

William Keith Bauer
-H-+ Marjorie Ellen Bell
++ Cynthia Grace Bernstein

Karen A. Borowski
+ William Arthur Brandt

Ann F. Budreski

Deborah Louise Burdock
+ Marjory Ellen Caldeira
+ Stephen D. Carroll

Maria P. Cerci

Daniel Joseph Ciulla

Robert W. Coggeshall

Evelyn M. Colman

Marguerite A. Corriveau

Carolina S. Costa
++ Cynthia Stoddard Crandlemere
+ Cathleen Ann Cranshaw

Kenneth Robert Crocker

Jan M. D'Allessandro

Mishael Francis Darche
++ Julie Ann Derrickson

Eugene D. Dias, Jr.
+ Laura Susan Elliott-Smith
++ Barbara-Ellen Finkle

Layne Adair Fisher

Maria T. Forgione

Karen A. Fraser

Maria Goncalves
+ Charles Phillips Goodspeed

+ Honors
++ High Honors
+++ Highest Honors

Diana Michelle Griswold
Michelle Grushkin
Michael William Hall
+++ Judith Ellen Hamlen
Robert Joseph Hebert
+ Rose Anna Hickey
Lewis E. Higgins
++ Janice M. Hoeg

Robert K. Hoffman
++ Frances K. Howe
+ Deborah B. Hughes
Paula Tammi Hunt
+++ Geraldine Ann Johnson
Susan M. Johnson
Barbara Ann Johnston
++ Kathryn Mary Jones
Lisa A. Kahler
Daniel T. King
Joseph J. Kingston
+++ M. Teresa Kleine

Danuta Maria Konarski
++ Loreen Kruskall
+ Maryann Loveday
+ Loretta E. Margro
+ Kathleen Mary McLaughlin
+ Kenneth Frank Mendonca
+ Joanne Elizabeth Mullen
Jeanne Elizabeth Murphy

++ Susan May Nichols

Kathleen Patricia Noonan
+++ Irene L. O'Donnell

Lourdes Margarita Otero
+ Nancy Louise Padula

Richard Joseph Palaima
-P Emily C. Lee Parsons
+ Barbara A. Rae
+ Catherine Marie Regan
+ Judith Theresa Riordan

Mark Stephen Roddy
+++ Sheryl Savage
+ Andrew D. Schiller

Stephen Arthur Seaton
+ Margaret Ann Shaw

Mary E. Spillane
++ Ruth E. Sturtevant

Karen Sullivan

Maureen Gail Sullivan

Edward R. Swift
+ Beatrice Tarbox

Brian Thomas Tracy

Francine Michelle Vasialka

Denise Ann Walsh
+ Terri L. Weeks

Samuel F. Williams
++ Elizabeth Anne Woitasek
+ Ann Marie Wysocki

Nursing

Richard Gregory Auger
+ Donna-Marie L. Auditore

Barbara A. Anglos
+ Thomas Michael Adams
+ Deborah McRae Batakis
++ Danette Marie Bealer
+ June E. Bissonette

Amy Louise Boughan
+ Kathleen Ann Bunar
+++ Roberta D. Burke
++ Janice H. Callahan

Lauren L. Camandona
++ Susan Danforth Cornacchio
Aimee Lucille Coulombe
+ Joyce M. D'Arcy
+ Margaret M. Devine
+++ Beverly Ann Dow

+ Jackolyn C. Dwyer
+++ Madeline M. Fehan
+ Diane M. Fopiano
Rita M. Freeman

-++ Ann Gallagher
++ Anne Marie Gaudette
++ Donna M. Gillis
++ Sally Ann Hamer
+ Paula F. Hartwell

Douglas Allen Hughes
+ William A. Johndrew

Susan Marie Lagerstedt
+ Therese M. Legros
+ Elizabeth A. Little
++ Bettina S. Lum

Mary Ann Virginia Mallozzi
■ + Sandra Jane Manning
+ Margaret Ann Mason
Georgia Michele McAllister
Mildred Ann McCarthy
+ Clara M. McNulty
++ Kathleen M. Murphy

Lilah P. Murphy
++ Mary Jane Nangle
Patricia A. Neary

+ Honors
++ High Honors
+++ Highest Honors

++ Valerie J. Nutter
+ Valerie A. Oldham
+ Sharon Ruth Orrall
Marleen Paul
R. "Allen Paul
+ Joan Patricia Perry
+ Debra A. Petipas
+ Frances A. Purcell

Louise E. Rakutis
Nancy M. Randon
+ Michael Rebello
+++ Catherine R. Reedy
H Terry Anne Roby
++ Martha Jane Snow
Janice M. Stevens
Donna J. Stokes

Respiratory Therapy

Ann M. C ashman
+++ Malina M. Cotellesso
++ Catherine A, English
++ Karyn Golden Grant
Michael David Greene
Paula J. Hebert
+ Anita I. Hovanesian
+ Jean M. Kerr

Eileen Jewett Larrabee

+ Pamela A. Mac Donald
+ Michael James McCarthy
Gina Louise Mini
+++ Frances Clair Nedder
Steven John O'Donnell
Scott Lee Rosenfelt
+++ Michael John Sheanon
+ Sara E. Sullivan

Solar Energy

+ Thomas M. Cassidy

++ Vivian Alice Courcy

Harry D. Edson

+ Brian Walter King
++ Michael Daniel Ledwith

Joseph Arthur Lunny
Dennis James Mac Donald
Paul Arthur McHugh
Doug A. Pearson

CANDIDATES FOR CERTIFICATES

Drafting

++ Jocelyne Linda Boisclair
Paul Joseph Becker
+ Thomas M. Cassidy
++ Vivian Alice Courcy
Harry Dean Edson
+ Brian W. King
Thanh C. La
++ Michael Daniel Ledwith

Dennis James MacDonald
Paul Arthur McHugh
Douglas A. Pearson
Charles Stetson Wallace
John Wilczewski
Samuel F. Williams
+ Donna J. Wyatt

General Office Assistant

Donna L. Glidden
Ann Marie Krasnick

++ Mary Jane Pimentel

+ Honors
++ High Honors
+++ Highest Honors

Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
Board Of Regents Of Higher Education

James

R. Martin,

Chairman

Longmeadow

David J. Beaubien

James M. Howell

Wellesley

Boston

Nicholas Boraski

F]

rancis J. Nicholson, S.J

Pittsfield

Newton

Robert Cushman

David S. Paresky

Worcester

Weston

Gerald F. Doherty, Esquire

Elizabeth B. Rawlins

Boston

Boston

Janet Eisner, S.N.D.

Ray Stata

Lynn

Brookline

Honorable J. John Fox

•Edward T. Sullivan

Boston

Boston

Honorable Foster Furcolo

*

An Wang

Needham

Lincoln

Dr. Johr

1 B. Duff,
Lowell

Chancellor

Massasoit Community College
Board Of Trustees

Mr. James J. Slattery
Chairman
Abington

Dr. Robert Haglund
Vice-Chairman
South Easton

Mrs. Geraldine Creedon
Secretary
Brockton

Richard J. Chin, Esquire
Brockton

Mr. Charles J. Conley
Brockton

Cortland A. Mathers, Esquire
Brockton

Mr. Kevin M. Riley
Brockton

Ms. Paulita Courville

Assistant Secretary

Rockland

Mr. Jason Santos
Elmwood

Ms. Jeanne Callahan
Stoughton

Ms. Mary Jane Shields
Duxbury

THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION AND REGALIA

The academic procession is one of the oldest traditions of colleges throughout
the world. In medieval times the ordinary dress of the university scholar, whether
student or teacher, was the dress of the cleric including a long gown, and often in
cold weather a cloak with a hood which could be pulled up over the head for cover
and protection.

Although fashions have changed since the 16th century, scholars of the post-
medieval period have retained the academic attire. Eventually the attire was
prescribed by university statutes to distinguish the different faculties and degrees-of-
learning. The associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral gowns differ stylistically in
cut and decorative motif.

The colorful hoods, which indicate fields of learning and the institutions con-
ferring the degree, were originally worn over the head, but during the 16th century,
caps were adopted and the hood was draped over the shoulder.

A long tassel is attached to the middle point of the top of the cap, to drape over
the left edge of the mortar board. The tassel may be black, gold, or the color appro-
priate to the academic field or level of achievement.

An Intercollegiate Code has been adopted to represent the different departments
of learning and has set forth the standards for academic dress in the United States.
The hoods are lined with the official colors of the college from which the wearer
received his or her highest degree, while the collar of the hood denotes the academic
subject area in which the wearer majored. These colors are assigned according to the
following scheme :

ACADEMIC HOOD DENOTATION

Agriculture Maize

Arts, Letters & Humanities White

Business Administration Drab

Dentistry Lilac

Economics Copper

Education Light Blue

Engineering Orange

Fine Arts Brown

Forestry Russet

Home Economics Maroon

Journalism Crimson

Law Purple

Library Science Lemon

Medicine Green

Music Pink

Nursing Apricot

Oratory (Speech) Silver Gray

Pharmacy Olive Green

Philosophy Dark Blue

Physical Education Sage Green

Public Administration ...Peacock Blue

Public Health Salmon Pink

Science Gold- Yellow

Social Science Citron

Theology or Divinity Scarlet

Veterinary Science Gray

TASSEL DENOTATION

White — Honors

Green — High Honors

Gold - with gold honor cord — Highest Honors

"AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL"

Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain.

Ch

orus

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea.

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears.

Chorus

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea.